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7516262 No.7516262 [Reply] [Original]

>Occam's razor favors a flat Earth
>Occam's razor favors Earth-centric solar system
>Occam's razor favors spontaneous generation
>Occam's razor favors divine retribution theory of disease
>Occam's razor favors creationism
>Occam's razor favors Malthusian scissors
>Occam's razor favors Lamarckian inheritance
>Occam's razor favors cosmological aether

Occam's razor is a cowardly reactionary defense against discovery.

Occam's razor is stupid.

>Thumper shills will defend Occam's razor

>> No.7516266

Nice cherrypicking

>> No.7516274

>>7516266
>Simpleminded response underscoring the point

>> No.7516279

>>7516262
I think you're horribly confused about what Occam's razor actually IS.
Occam's razor says that we should use the least assumptions to explain the evidence we have, not that we should construct fantasy for the sake of it being simpler than reality.

>> No.7516281

>>7516262
There is too much assumptions in your premises

>> No.7516283

>>7516266
>>7516279
>>7516281
>taking the bait

>> No.7516285
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7516285

>>7516262
>cosmological aether

>> No.7516296

Thy have even named a fallacy after Occam's razor: The Occam razor fallacy.